EP1211164B2 - Trägerstruktur für Kfz-Kühleranordnung - Google Patents

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EP1211164B2
EP1211164B2 EP01128535A EP01128535A EP1211164B2 EP 1211164 B2 EP1211164 B2 EP 1211164B2 EP 01128535 A EP01128535 A EP 01128535A EP 01128535 A EP01128535 A EP 01128535A EP 1211164 B2 EP1211164 B2 EP 1211164B2
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Hiroshi Calsonic Kansei Corporation Kondo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D29/00—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof
    • B62D29/001—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof characterised by combining metal and synthetic material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/08—Front or rear portions
    • B62D25/082—Engine compartments
    • B62D25/084—Radiator supports
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D29/00—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof
    • B62D29/001—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof characterised by combining metal and synthetic material
    • B62D29/004—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof characterised by combining metal and synthetic material the metal being over-moulded by the synthetic material, e.g. in a mould

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  • the present invention relates to a radiator core support structure of a vehicle body, which is suitable to be mounted to a front portion of the vehicle body to support a radiator and the like.
  • a radiator core support structure having the features contained in the preamble portion of each of claims 1 and 9 is known from US 5,658,041 .
  • the radiator core support structures have a basic structure which comprises radiator core support upper and lower members (which will be referred to as “upper and lower elongate members” for ease of description) which extend laterally with respect to a vehicle body and a hood lock stay member which extends vertically between intermediate portions of the upper and lower elongate members.
  • These three members of the basic structure are made of metal and welded to one another to constitute a constructional base of the radiator core support structure.
  • welding the hood lock stay member to both the upper and lower elongate members tends to induce deformation or distortion of the product (viz., radiator core support structure) due to the high heat used for the welding.
  • the radiator core support structure produced fails to have a satisfied dimensional stability, mounting the support structure to a vehicle body needs a difficult or at least time-consumed mounting work.
  • the radiator core support structure proposed by the aforementioned publications fails to have a satisfied rigidity or mechanical strength.
  • the radiator core support structure has an upper portion to which a hood lock device for an engine hood is mounted.
  • the radiator core support structure fails to have a satisfied rigidity, it can not bear a marked shock which is produced when the engine hood is strongly pivoted down to assume a closed position.
  • This drawback becomes more severe when an associated motor vehicle is subjected to a vehicle collision, particularly, head-on collision. That is, upon such collision, a locked engagement between the hood lock device and the hood is easily broken due to the insufficient mechanical strength of the radiator core support structure.
  • a radiator core support structure which comprises an upper elongate member made of metal; a hood lock mounting member made of metal, the hood lock mounting member being welded to an intermediate portion of the upper elongate member; a lower elongate member made of metal; two side members made of metal, the side members being welded to laterally opposed ends of the lower elongate member; a hood lock stay portion made of an integrally molded plastic, the hood lock stay portion having an upper end connected to the hood lock mounting member and a lower end connected to an intermediate portion of the lower elongate member; two pillar portions made of the integrally molded plastic, each pillar portion extending between laterally outside portions of the upper and lower elongate members; an upper reinforcing structure made of the integrally molded plastic, the upper reinforcing structure extending in a channel defined in the upper elongate member and integrally connected with the upper end of the hood lock stay portion as well as the upper ends of the two pillar
  • Figs. 1 and 2 denoted by numeral 1 is a radiator core support structure according to the present invention, and denoted by numeral 2 is a front structure of a motor vehicle body.
  • the structure 1 is assembled with a bumper armature 3, bumper stays 4, lamps 5, a power-steering oil cooler tube 6, a condenser 7, a radiator 8 and a fan shroud 9 to constitute a part carrier module. That is, the part carrier module carrying such various parts is mounted to the front structure 2 at a time, which facilitates the parts mounting work needed by an assembler.
  • the front structure 2 of the vehicle body is constructed to constitute an engine room "E" and comprises two forwardly extending front side members 10.
  • Each side member 10 has an enclosed rectangular cross section.
  • the hood ridge panel 11 and the hood ridge reinforcing member 12 are united via welding to constitute a boxy structure having an enclosed cross section.
  • the radiator core support structure 1 comprises parts constructed of metal and parts constructed of integrally molded plastic.
  • the metal parts are illustrated by shaped blank and plastic parts are illustrated by half-tone dot meshing.
  • the radiator core support structure 1 has a basic structure which generally comprises radiator core support upper and lower members 13 and 14 (which will be referred to as “upper and lower elongate members” for ease of description) which extend laterally with respect to the vehicle body and a hood lock stay portion 15 which extends vertically between intermediate portions of the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14.
  • Fig. 4 shows only the parts made of metal, which are the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14, a hood lock mounting member 16 which is welded to an intermediate portion of the upper elongate member 13, and two side members 17 which are welded to lateral ends of the lower elongate member 14.
  • the hood lock mounting member 16 may be integrally formed on the upper elongate member 13, and the side members 17 may be integrally formed on the lower elongate member 14.
  • the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14 are of a channel member having a generally hat-shaped cross section. As is seen from Fig. 1 , upon mounting on the front structure 2 of the vehicle body, the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14 are orientated so that the channels thereof face rearward, that is, toward the front structure 2 of the vehicle body.
  • a mold assembly is prepared which generally comprises first and second molding dies 18A and 18B which are movable from and to each other to have an open position wherein as shown in the drawing the first and second molding dies 18A and 18B are separated and a closed position wherein the first and second molding dies 18A and 18B are tightly coupled in a manner to define therebetween a cavity having a given shape corresponding to the shape of the product, viz., the radiator core support structure 1.
  • the mold assembly is forced to assume the open position, and the above-mentioned metal parts, namely, the upper elongate member 13 connected with the hood lock mounting member 16 and the lower elongate member 14 connected with the side members 17, are put in right positions of the cavity.
  • the molding dies 18A and 18B For positioning the parts 13, 16, 14 and 17, a plurality of positioning pins are provided in the molding dies 18A and 18B. Then, the two molding dies 18A and 18B are tightly coupled permitting the mold assembly to assume the closed position. Then, a so-called injection molding is applied to the mold assembly, so that a molten plastic material (viz., glass fiber mixed plastic material) is injected to given positions of the cavity.
  • a molten plastic material viz., glass fiber mixed plastic material
  • the two molding dies 18A and 18B are released as shown in Fig. 11 , and the product, that is, the radiator core support structure 1 shown in Fig. 3 , is removed from the released mold assembly.
  • each pillar portion 19 is integrated with the corresponding side member 17, and each lamp mounting portion 20 is integrated with both the corresponding side member 17 and upper elongate member 13.
  • Each lamp mounting portion 20 has a complicated three-dimensional structure.
  • the radiator core support structure 1 thus produced has two radiator openings 35, each being positioned between the hood lock stay portion 15 and the corresponding pillar portion 19.
  • a reinforcing structure of the plastic is formed in the channels defined by the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14. That is, the reinforcing structure in the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14 comprises a plurality of slanted ribs 21 or 22 which extend in a so-called zigzag manner in and along the channel of the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14. As shown, the zigzag rib arrangement 21 or 22 extends from an upper or lower end portion of the hood lock stay portion 15 to a lateral end of the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14.
  • the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14 have an excellent mechanical strength.
  • each slanted rib 22 (or 21) is inclined about 45° relative to a longitudinal axis of the lower (or upper) elongate member 14 (or 13).
  • the zigzag ribs 22 and 21 having such an inclined angle can exhibit an excellent performance in buckling strength and torsional rigidity.
  • the rigidity of the radiator core support structure 1 against a vertical load is increased. Furthermore, since each pillar portion 19 is integrated with the side member 17 welded to the lower elongate member 14, lateral portions of the radiator core support structure 1 near the pillar portions 19 exhibit an excellent torsional rigidity. Furthermore, since the lateral ends of the upper elongate member 13 and the side members 17 are connected through the lamp mounting portions 20 having the complicated three-dimensional structure, the torsional rigidity of entire construction of the radiator core support structure 1 is much increased.
  • each slanted rib 21 or 22 has a cylindrical portion 23 at a middle portion thereof.
  • the diameter of the cylindrical portion 23 is larger than the thickness of the rib 21 or 22.
  • a rear end of each cylindrical portion 23 has a flat surface and is projected slightly. The projected rear end of each cylindrical portion 23 thus has a high rigidity.
  • the product 1 (viz., radiator core support structure) can be easily removed from the released mold assembly. That is, upon mold releasing, for facilitating removal of the product 1 from the mold assembly, ejector pins 24 are pushed against the rear ends of the cylindrical portions 23. If the ejector pins 24 are pushed against other portions having a poor rigidity, such as, upper and lower edges of the lower or upper elongate member 14 or 13, it may occur that the zigzag ribs 22 or 21 are broken due to undesired expanding movement of the edges caused by the pushing force of the ejector pins 24.
  • a poor rigidity such as, upper and lower edges of the lower or upper elongate member 14 or 13
  • the ejector pins 24 are pushed directly against the bottom wall of the channel of the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14, it may occur that the bottom portion, that is made of metal, is deformed. Thus, pushing the projected rear ends of the cylindrical portions 23 by the ejector pins 24 should be made with care.
  • the hood lock stay portion 15 is constructed to have a generally C-shaped cross section and so oriented that a channel thereof faces rearward, that is, toward the front structure 2 of the vehicle body. Due to this arrangement, each radiator opening 35 is allowed to smoothly receive cooling air for the condenser 7 and the radiator 8.
  • the hood lock stay portion 15 has a lower part 28 which grips the intermediate portion of the lower elongate member 14. More specifically, the lower part 28 is shaped to wholly surround the intermediate portion of the lower elongate member 14.
  • the hood lock stay portion 15 has a depressed part whose bottom wall is bent rearward and connected with the upper edge of the lower elongate member 14.
  • the depressed part is reinforced by two flanges 25, each extending vertically.
  • a cavity surface of the mold assembly has a projection of a shape matched with the depressed part.
  • the hood lock stay portion 15 has an upper part which is connected to the hood lock mounting member 16 welded to the upper elongate member 13. Due to this arrangement, the rigidity or mechanical strength of the hood lock mounting member 16 is increased.
  • a hood lock device is mounted on the hood lock mounting member 16 and a striker is mounted on a front end of an engine hood. When the hood is pivoted down to assume a closed position, the hood lock device catches the striker to latch or lock the hood at the dosed position. Due to the robust arrangement of the hood lock mounting member 16, the hood catching is assuredly carried out.
  • hood lock mounting member 16 fails to provide the hood lock device with a robust mounting base, undesired vibration of the hood tends to occur under running of the motor vehicle.
  • robust construction of the hood lock mounting member 16 is needed particularly when an associated motor vehicle encounters a vehicle collision, particularly, head-on collision. If such robust construction is not provided to the hood lock mounting member 16, the vehicle collision would easily break a locked engagement between the hood lock device and the hood due to a great tensile load applied therebetween, which fails to induce a so-called two-fold bending of the hood, increasing the possibility of dangerous rush of the bent hood into the passenger cabin.
  • having the engine hood instantly bent is very advantageous in not only absorbing the collision shock but also avoiding dangerous rush of the hood into the passenger cabin.
  • the hood lock mounting member 16 has a lower end 26 which is bent rearward and embedded in the hood lock stay portion 15. Due to this arrangement, a shock produced when the engine hood is bumped against the hood lock device is assuredly damped by the hood lock stay portion 15. Furthermore, due to such arrangement, the resistance of the hood lock mounting member 16 against the breakage of the locked engagement between the door lock device and the hood is increased.
  • the radiator core support structure 1 has a plurality of portions 27, 28 and 29 which are covered or wrapped with the molded plastic.
  • the molded plastic covering the portions 27, 28 and 29 are integral with the zigzag ribs 21 or 22 installed in the channel of the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14. Due to provision of these plastic covering portions 27, 28 and 29, integrated connection between the metal made parts (viz., 13, 14, 16 and 17) and the plastic made portions (viz., 27, 28, 29, 15, 19, 20) is improved, which increases the mechanical strength of the entire construction of the radiator core support structure 1 of the invention.
  • the lower elongate member 14 is formed at the front and bottom walls of the hat-shaped channel thereof with a plurality of through holes 30 through which the plastic lying on the front surface of the lower elongate member 14 is integrally connected with the zigzag ribs 22 installed in the channel.
  • the plastic lying on the front surface of the upper elongate member 13 is integrally connected with the zigzag ribs 21 in the channel of the upper elongate member 13. Due to this integral connection, the plastic parts that cover the portions 27, 28 and 29 are tightly secured or bonded to the upper or lower elongate member 13 or 14.
  • the through holes 30 are aligned with the cylindrical portions 23 of the zigzag ribs 22. This arrangement promotes the resistance of the hood lock stay portion 15 against the tensile load which would be applied thereto upon the vehicle collision.
  • the plastic portions 27 lying on the upper elongate member 13 are formed with respective brackets 31 to which a front grill (not shown) of the vehicle is connected.
  • One of the plastic portions 29 lying on the lower elongate member 14 is formed with a bracket 32 which holds the power-steering oil cooler tube 6 (see Fig. 2 ).
  • One of the pillar portions 19 is formed with a bracket 34.
  • the various parts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are mounted to the structure 1 to constitute a part carrier module.
  • the module (1) is brought to the front structure 2 of the vehicle body.
  • the side members 17 of the radiator core support structure 1 are tightly connected to the front ends of the front side members 10 of the front structure 2 of the vehicle body and then opposed ends of the upper elongate member 13 are tightly connected to front ends of the hood ridge panels 11.
  • the radiator core support structure 1 of the present invention has the metal made parts and plastic made portions which are integrally connected to one another upon injection molding to constitute a robust construction of the structure 1.
  • the torsional distortion and dimensional error of the radiator core support structure 1 of the invention are suppressed or at least minimized, which facilitates the mounting of the radiator core support structure 1 to the front structure 2 of the vehicle body.
  • the stay portion 15 Since the hood lock stay portion 15 is tightly connected to the upper and lower elongate members 13 and 14 in the above-mentioned manner, the stay portion 15 can satisfactorily bear the shock which would be applied thereto when the engine hood is bumped against the hood lock mechanism on the hood lock mounting member 16. This robust construction of the hood lock stay portion 15 minimizes the possibility of undesired breakage of the locked engagement between the hood lock device and the hood upon a vehicle collision.

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  1. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem, aufweisend:
    einen oberen langgestreckten Teil (13), hergestellt aus Metall;
    einen unteren langgestreckten Teil (14), hergestellt aus Metall;
    wechselseitig beabstandete Säulenabschnitte aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff; wobei jeder Säulenabschnitt ein oberes, mit dem oberen langgestreckten Teil (13) verbundenes Ende und ein unteres Ende hat, verbunden mit dem unteren langgestreckten Teil (14), wobei die Verbindung zwischen jedem der Strebenabschnitte und jedem oberen und unteren langgestreckten Teil (13, 14) einstückig durch Spritzgießen ausgeführt ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sowohl das obere, als auch das untere langgestreckte Teil (13, 14) Kanalteile sind und ein Verstärkungsstruktur aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff in dem Kanal sowohl des oberen, als auch des unteren langgestreckten Teils (13, 14) installiert ist, um das obere und untere langgestreckte Teil (13, 14) zu verstärken, wobei
    zwei Seitenteile (17), hergestellt aus Metall, vorgesehen sind, wobei jedes Seitenteil (17) an einem seitlichen, äußeren Ende des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14) verschweißt ist, wobei die Seitenteile (17) zum festen Verbinden mit vorderen Seitenteilen (10) einer vorderen Struktur (2) einer Fahrzeugkarosserie vorgesehen sind.
  2. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkern nach Anspruch 1, in dem die Verstärkungsstruktur des Kunststoffes, installiert in dem Kanal des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13), sich zwischen den oberen Enden von zwei benachbarten Säulenabschnitten erstreckt, und in der sich die Verstärkungsstruktur des Kunststoffes, installiert in dem Kanal des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14), zwischen den unteren Enden der benachbarten zwei Säulenabschnitten erstreckt.
  3. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem nach Anspruch 2, in dem die Verstärkungsstruktur des Kunststoffes eine Mehrzahl von alternierend geneigten Rippen (21, 22) aufweist, die angeordnet sind, um in einer Zick- Zack- Linie zu verlaufen.
  4. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkern nach zumindest einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, in dem die Säulenabschnitte aufweisen:
    einen Haubenschloss- Stützabschnitt (15), der ein oberes Ende, verbunden mit einem Zwischenabschnitt des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13), und ein unteres Ende, verbunden mit einem Zwischenabschnitt des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14) hat; und zwei seitliche Säulenabschnitte (19), die jede ein oberes Ende, verbunden mit einem seitlichen äußeren Endabschnitt des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13), und ein unteres Ende, verbunden mit einem seitlichen äußeren Endabschnitt des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14), haben.
  5. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem nach zumindest einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, außerdem aufweisend ein Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16), hergestellt aus Metall, wobei das Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16) mit dem Zwischenabschnitt des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13) verschweißt und mit dem oberen Ende des Haubenschloss- Stützabschnittes (15) verbunden ist.
  6. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem nach Anspruch 5, in der das Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16) ein gebogenes unteres Ende hat, das in den Haubenschloss- Stützabschnitt (15) eingebettet ist.
  7. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkern nach Anspruch 5, wobei jedes Seitenteil (17) mit einem der zwei seitlichen Säulenabschnitte (19) verbunden ist.
  8. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem nach zumindest einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, außerdem aufweisend zwei Lampenmontageabschnitte (20), hergestellt aus dem einstückig geformtem Kunststoff, wobei jeder Lampenmontageabschnitt (20) zwischen dem seitlichen äußeren Abschnitt des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13) und einem der Seitenteile (17) eingesetzt ist.
  9. Trägerstruktur (1) für einen Kühlerkem, aufweisend:
    ein oberes langgestrecktes Teil (13), hergestellt aus Metall;
    ein Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16), hergestellt aus Metall, wobei das Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16) mit dem Zwischenabschnitt des oberen langgestreckten Teils (13) verschweißt ist;
    ein unteres langgestrecktes Teil (14), hergestellt aus Metall; und
    zwei Säulenabschnitte (19), hergestellt aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff, wobei sich jeder Säulenabschnitt (19) zwischen seitlich äußeren Abschnitten der oberen und unteren langgestreckten Teile (13,14) erstreckt,
    gekennzeichnet durch zwei Seitenteile (17), hergestellt aus Metall, wobei die Seitenteile (17) an seitlich gegenüberliegenden Enden des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14) verschweißt sind;
    einen Haubenschloss- Stützabschnitt (15), hergestellt aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff, wobei der Haubenschloss- Stützabschnitt (15) ein oberes Ende, verbunden mit dem Haubenschloss- Montageteil (16) und ein unteres Ende, verbunden mit einem Zwischenabschnitt des unteren langgestreckten Teils (14) hat; eine obere Verstärkungsstruktur, hergestellt aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff, wobei sich die obere Verstärkungsstruktur in einem Kanal erstreckt, gebildet in dem oberen langgestreckten Teil (13) und einstückig mit dem oberen Ende des Haubenschloss- Stützabschnittes (15) sowie den oberen Enden der zwei Säulenabschnitte (19) verbunden; und
    eine untere Verstärkungsstruktur, hergestellt aus einstückig geformten Kunststoff, wobei sich die untere Verstärkungsstruktur in einem Kanal erstreckt, gebildet in dem unteren langgestreckten Teil (14) und einstückig mit dem unteren Ende des Haubenschloss- Stützabschnittes (15) sowie den unteren Enden der zwei Säulenabschnitte (19) verbunden ist.
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